Memorial Elementary School

Memorial Elementary School is a primary school of big scale in McMinnville, Oregon, overseen by McMinnville SD 40, instructing 557 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 74% above the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 321 students.

Across the 9 schools in McMinnville SD 40 (6,293 students total), Memorial Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Memorial Elementary School lists that 69% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 21% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Memorial Elementary School lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.9:1. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Memorial Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Oregon public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 32.6%; Memorial Elementary School posts 55.0%, +22.4 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Yamhill County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,063 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Yamhill County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,724 students), of which Memorial Elementary School is one.

McMinnville High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Memorial Elementary School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.0%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Memorial Elementary School has ticked down 9%, going from 613 students in 2018 to 557 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 78% to 69% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.